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I went to college with a bunch of intellectuals who tended to be more liberal than the population at large. For the most part, they were tolerant of all people regardless of race, religion, ethnicity, gender, or sexual orientation. They tended to be open minded. I had many friends and I always could find some whenever I needed them. Now I live in an area where people tend towards xenophobia. They tend to be suspicious of anyone who is not white, straight, Luthern or Catholic, lived in rural Wisconsin their whole life, and of Northern European descent. They tend towards Conservatism, although there are exceptions which came out of the woodwork during this past election. They tend to be more gender traditional than I am comfortable with. Most people my age (mid twenties) seem to only be interested in getting drunk and laid (more so than even college) or have small children and are completely focused on them. It is hard to make a lot of friends and have them there for you. Most of these people already have those friends, who they met in elementary school.
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